Read the full judgment text of HCA 001809/1978 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 11 December 1979.
1. Some time after 6.00 p.m. on the 24th December, 1975, the deceased, Mr. NG Kam, was crossing Castle Peak Road at a point near Mai Po Village, when he was struck by a public light bus driven by the defendant. He never regained consciousness and died soon after admission to hospital. His widow and second son bring this action under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance and the Law Amendment & Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance as administrators of his estate.